Data Science Jobs

• Sheffield
• Hybrid
• £39,560 – £43,099 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral role in a world-leading NLP group, using explainable NLP and ML to analyse online disinformation narratives and integrate findings into a user-facing verification toolkit. You will also evaluate commercial chatbots and AI-generated search overviews, working with European partners on the ANTIGONE project and leading publication of results.

Chatbots · AI-Generated Search Overviews

• Milton Keynes
• Hybrid
• £41,950 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Develops novel computer vision techniques to capture and analyse live-broadcasted eSports events, identifying in-game events and building low-latency AI calculations for in-play and pre-match betting markets. Works with Python, TensorFlow or PyTorch alongside Java and .NET colleagues, using historical game data and video feeds to detect irregular play patterns.

TensorFlow · PyTorch · .NET

• Norwich
• £39,000 – £46,500 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Integrate and analyse heterogeneous dietary, microbiome, metabolomic and mental-health datasets, building reproducible statistical workflows for longitudinal and multi-omics data. Apply causal-inference and validated machine-learning models to predict health outcomes and investigate diet-microbiome-mental-health relationships within a research group.

• Sheffield
• Hybrid
• £32,722 – £47,389 pa
• Contract

Provide statistical input and leadership across clinical trial research projects, covering study design, analysis and reporting. Work with complex datasets using strong programming skills, communicating complex statistical concepts to non-statisticians and training statistical colleagues within the Clinical Trials Research Unit.

• Johor - Malaysia
• Senior
• Contract

Provide academic leadership in teaching and research within a business school, delivering learning across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Lead research aligned with the campus research strategy, publish in reputable journals, develop collaborations with UK and regional universities, supervise students and contribute to curriculum development. Also supports research funding bids and innovative teaching practices.

• London
• Hybrid
• £85,873 – £98,149 pa
• Senior · manages people
• Permanent

Lead research on early phase and innovative clinical trials methodology, heading a new experimental medicine portfolio and building an adaptive trials team within the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit. The role combines directing a research section, securing funding, and teaching undergraduate, masters and doctoral students across the School of Public Health.

• London
• Hybrid
• Junior
• Permanent

Scoping, building and delivering bespoke AI projects for pharmaceutical clients within a close-knit life sciences team. Involves managing work streams, conducting open-source analysis, translating operational requirements into user stories, and designing user-centric workflows alongside technical teams.

Metaview

• London
• Hybrid
• Entry level
• Permanent

Supports delivery of bespoke AI projects across education and public services, managing work streams and translating operational and pedagogical needs into user stories for data science and engineering squads. Partners with education leaders, publishers and assessment bodies, working alongside AI safety and evaluation specialists to ensure solutions are fair, valid and evidence-backed.

Metaview

• Ipswich

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• Guildford
• £38,448 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral fellow role applying informatics, data science, machine learning and AI to animal health and welfare within the vHive and Health and Biomedical Informatics Group. Responsibilities include computational data analysis, in-silico drug repurposing, knowledge representation, biomarker discovery from proteomics and transcriptomics, and collaboration with industry partner Zoetis.

R · Python

• Cambridge, United States
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Lead medicinal chemistry on drug discovery projects from initiation through to clinical candidate selection, working as a Project Lead or Medicinal Chemistry Lead. Partner closely with ML scientists to refine the AI drug design platform, manage CRO resources and KPIs, and generate intellectual property. Some roles include line managing a team of 2-4 medicinal chemists.

AlphaFold

• Cambridge, United States
• Hybrid · 3 days in office
• Senior · manages people

Lead computational drug design programs from initiation through to clinical candidate selection, working alongside ML scientists to embed AI/ML into chemistry workflows. Roles span Program Lead or Computational Chemistry Lead, with some positions managing 2-3 computational chemists. Requires Python, cheminformatics and a track record of project leadership.

REINVENT · AlphaFold

• London
• Mid-level

Lead and contribute to interdisciplinary research on how frontier AI systems influence human decisions, designing large-scale studies, RCTs, and model evaluations. The role spans computational social science, AI safety, and machine learning, with opportunities to publish, set research agendas, and engage policymakers and frontier labs.

Claude Code · Codex

• Southampton
• On-site
• £37,369 – £45,641 pa
• Mid-level
• Contract

Investigate type 2 diabetes mechanisms by integrating organ-health measures with large-scale genetic and clinical data. Apply machine learning, GWAS and Mendelian randomisation to identify diabetes subtypes and predict disease risk, working with UK Biobank and multidisciplinary teams.

Linux · UK Biobank

• Hatfield
• On-site
• £39,560 – £46,970 pa
• Entry level
• Contract

Postdoctoral role delivering research on innovative AI/ML algorithms for predictive modelling and optimisation of agricultural applications using heterogeneous data, as part of an Innovate UK-funded collaborative project. Involves developing AI/ML software tools, data management and analysis, supporting the Principal Investigator on project milestones, and contributing to publications and reports.

TensorFlow · Scikit-Learn · PyTorch +1